this is t w news coming to you live from berlin standoff in venezuela hearted in an interview with d.w.p. opposition leader on why joe calls on the military to allow humanitarian aid into the country otherwise he says as many as three hundred thousand people could die but president bush says he won't budge also coming out the end of an ordeal he was jailed in thailand and facing deportation to brain but now refugee football or hockey araby has made the trial could return to australia. hollywood

store hollywood star christian bale praises the director of his latest film buffs the funniest one the man around these are so smart man around he does it through comedy finding through that you actually get incredible emotion from you know it's a very moving film. d.w. caught up with bale on the red carpet of the berlin film festival you also find out about how the actor transformed himself physically to be able to play the former american vice president dick cheney. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program but despite those opposition is renewing its push to bring in badly needed humanitarian aid from neighboring countries in defiance of the government and the military with the country facing dire show. teaches of medicine and basic supplies more than one hundred tons of

u.s. aid is still waiting in the colombian border city of. embattled president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to block the supplies from entering venezuela he's called the aide a trojan horse and part of the u.s. plot to overthrow his government. in an interview with g w news opposition leader one guy joe has called on the military to switch sides and put the people's needs first i would have to see him getting old has appealed to the conscience of the armed forces to pick the constitutional side we've been very clear to the armed forces that they have to allow the humanitarian aid to enter into or blocks of will be tried for human rights violations. meanwhile the standoff over eight is intensifying and people continue to stream out of venezuela g.w.s.

philippe dano has been speaking with some bennis wailin migrants who made it across the border to colombia. why don't says the military blockade of this border bridge is a crime against humanity with the border sealed foreign aid including desperately needed food medicine and big sticks appliance have been piling up across the border in the colombian city of kuta now quite a once venezuelans who fled the country to bring the eight back across the frontier thousands have volunteered to do so even if that means confronting venezuelan soldiers guarding the border and we have to talk to them because we are the people but we are unarmed and without weapons we can't do anything we have to talk to the military but it's the military that should be helping the people not the other way around. i'm ira flatow but if we have to face the military of course we will but peacefully there are lots of people that do need this medicine i'm healthy i can

manage to get something to eat but children and the elderly khans remember nonzero no no no they don't look at some of the military is always persecuting people instead of helping they just fire on ordinary citizens the government orders them to fire to kill people it shouldn't be that way. though has been urging venezuela's military to abandon model and let the supplies into the country but the armed forces have been demonstrating loyalty to the president in a series of military drills. montevideo says allowing the aid to enter would be the start of a u.s. led invasion. really real money boredom there were thousands of men and women have shown their ability that training their physical and moral strength to go for trial is somewhat out of. quite oh says he still has faith that the country's armed forces can be won over but he hasn't ruled

out authorizing the u.s. to intervene militarily in venezuela. refuses to step aside. we're joined now in the studio by ophelia harms a receipt from our lesson american desk ophelia just returned from colombia tell us the majority government is blocking delivery of aid from colombia it's piled up there at the border what is the government's justification for blocking that aid well my dear oh says this is a power show from the opposition a show that is backed by u.s. powers powers that he things are interested in the oil reserves of his country and he also keeps denying the humanitarian crisis that is becoming evident has been becoming evident for years he has been denying it for years but now we see two point three million people fleeing the country and three hundred thousand in risk of death that is why this humanitarian help is becoming more. and more urgent

that's what the u.s. and the opposition are saying now the opposition leader who is backed by a number of foreign governments including the united states and germany he's called for more protests ophelia just how likely is that that we will see a showdown at the border well why don't has put up a website he has said that one hundred thousand people are already volunteering to bring the help in and would also be violent. to protest against a blockage he has also said that there will be more borders around venezuela where they will be bringing aid from international actors and we heard this from the new ambassador to colombia from venezuela he said that probably roraima in brazil at the border to venezuela and also a caribbean island most probably will be centers where the humanitarian help will

be gathered and they will also ask people to help bring this aid in so if there was a showdown it will most probably be if the military tries to stop the people at the border so there's pressure building inside the country but also outside the country there's quite a bit of pressure at home which sway do foreign powers have in this crisis the united states russia and of course but as well as neighbors in the region all have interests in this conflict well yeah venezuela keeps being backed by russia and china who have big interests they have invested a lot in venezuela because they got a lot of oil from venezuela very cheap prices but at the same time it is surprising how quickly. this reaction from the u.s. came this backing of why don't you and this help and so what some analysts say is it's not only the interest in venezuela for the u.s.

because of the oil and the crisis but also because they want to see more new a liberal conservative governments getting stronger in the region after colombia and brazil had elections last year really thank you so much so freely harms a ruthie from our left in america this. now it's check on some other stories making news around the world today at least seventeen people have died in a fire at a hotel in india's capital delhi most recently being when the blaze broke out early on tuesday morning rescue teams saved thirty five people from the building the disaster has raised questions about poor safety standards and a lack of government regulation. in spain the trial begins today for twelve leaders of the catalan separatist movement there charged for their role in the two thousand and seventeen independence referendum the madrid deemed illegal hundreds of police

have been deployed around the supreme court building in the spanish capital the trial is expected to last three months with verdicts coming several months. and and the government protests in haiti are growing increasingly violent demonstrators took to the streets of the capital port au prince for a fifth day on monday clashing with police and the laws in shock protests or fueled by anger over corruption and the government's handling of the economy. u.s. lawmakers have reached an agreement on border security republican and democratic negotiators agreed to build fifty five miles of fence along the border with mexico at a cost of around one point four billion dollars the funding deal falls short of president donald trump's demands but lawmakers hope the deal will be enough to avoid another government shutdown. refugee soccer player hakeem araby has arrived back in australia after being detained in thailand for more than

three months was facing deportation to his native country bahrain on charges of banda lising a police station charges which he denies he was freed after bahrain withdrew its extradition requests received a hero's welcome at the airport. bob was backing out a rabies nightmare is finally over. on tuesday he made his emotional return swashed radio. i. just i would defend. i mean i think to see all the people here there are to be avoided media is the world to me and i just think that. the bahraini football is back in his adopted home after three long months spent in a tight jail he was arrested in november while on his honeymoon in bangkok on an interpol warrants for his arrest. in his native bahrain he'd been convicted of

vandalizing a police station even though he was playing in a televised football match when the alleged offenses took place. al-arabiya is released as much to form a footballer craig foster led a campaign to pressure the bahraini government i think what's occurred over the last almost three months to fight incredibly hard for not just the young player who . virtually no one knew but a refugee who was under our protection and who we felt that all of us needed to step forward and protect to see him back here on home soil to die speaks volumes about the character the values and the pride that we have as australians. al-arabiya fled bahrain on political grounds in twenty fourteen and was granted refugee status by australia his family feared extradition would result in his torture and possibly death at the hands of far range justice system. now back in

australia he's safe from persecution. well here in the german capital the berlin international film festival is currently under way our correspondent charlotte chelsea pill has been to see vice a biting bile think about former us vice president dick cheney starring british actor christian bale as she explains it's a film that takes you laughing. he gave it a. half true words to be honest you have fears that vice is more than just a bio pic it's a full frontal attack back to christian bale says his inspiration for playing us vice president dick cheney with satan and it shows on the show are all true our american friends. i want you to be my v.p. vice it's also proves that from the shadows of the george w. bush administration cheney was one of the most missing figures in recent history willing how without conscience on everything from the iraq war to global warming

bush approval. i am. understanding we're going to see with amy adams as his ambitious wife elin. you know you're going to bomb commodious and steve carell is political ally donald rumsfeld satirical and at times it's saddest vyse will have between often and hora we were tickled. and it was that absurdist humor that christian bale brought with him to palin at the film's german premiere so we'll just have sex with the belly but i have passed us there and if you guys could see it it's a very intriguing belly but says the biggest challenge i've seen in it i said to. box humor aside bale was also asked a question about his enormous weight gain for this role and the impact on his body it streams out loud you're going to keep you're going to die soon if you keep doing this a. vice was written and directed by the man behind the oscar winning docu drama the

big short about the two thousand and seven financial crisis now adam mckay is back shining a light on one of the most significant periods of all time is the funniest by the man around these are smart man around he does it through comedy and then through that you actually get incredible emotion from it you know it's a very moving film at first glance an international audience could be forgiven for dismissing this film as being too entrenched in u.s. politics but they'd be wrong by surprise cheney to some of the darkest moments in recent history and passionately that his actions still work is shaking around the world today you know it's the old cliche you know it unless you know history will repeat itself so hopefully it will have the facts in that way and vice is already making waves while it may not be in competition at the ballot nala has been nominated for eight oscars including best film director and. you're watching g.w. day is coming up next our documentary film chicago survival in the shadows the get

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